Morgan Wallen locations three titles inside the highest 10 on Billboard’s Nation Airplay chart (dated April 29) – turning into the primary artist to realize the feat because the survey started in January 1990.
The 29-year-old Sneedville, Tenn., native earns his tenth Nation Airplay prime 10 as “Final Evening,” on Mercury/Republic/Large Loud Data, jumps from No. 13 to No. 8. It rose by 21% to 19.4 million viewers impressions within the week ending April 20, based on Luminate.
The music leapfrogs Wallen’s “One Factor at a Time,” up 10-9 for a brand new excessive (17.9 million, up 3%), whereas “Thought You Ought to Know” dips 5-7 (21.7 million, down 5%). The latter gave Wallen his eighth Nation Airplay chief when it started a three-week reign in February.
Concurrently, “Final Evening,” which is being promoted to pop and grownup radio, climbs to No. 16 on Pop Airplay, No. 19 on Grownup Pop Airplay and No. 26 on Grownup Up to date. It claimed a 3rd week atop the all-genre, streaming, airplay and sales-based Billboard Sizzling 100 dated April 22.
All three Wallen hits are on his 36-track LP One Factor at a Time, which has led High Nation Albums and the all-genre Billboard 200 for its first six weeks.
Wallen’s triple within the Nation Airplay prime 10 follows pop radio’s rising willingness to play a number of hits by a single artist concurrently. In Could 2021, Ariana Grande grew to become the primary act to log three prime 10s without delay on Pop Airplay; Doja Cat and Harry Kinds have since earned the respect, whereas Miley Cyrus at the moment has three songs on the newest checklist from her new album, Countless Summer season Trip: “Jaded” debuts at No. 39, as “Flowers” tallies a ninth week at No. 1 and “River” ranks at No. 25.
“I’m excited to see radio persevering with to put money into [country’s] core artists,” Large Loud vp of promotion Ali Matkosky not too long ago advised Billboard. “In a time the place listeners are declaring each day what they need to hear [via streaming services], it makes increasingly sense to lean into that knowledge.”
‘Rock’ on a Roll
Bailey Zimmerman notches a fifth week atop Nation Airplay, as “Rock and a Exhausting Place” holds on the apex (32 million, down 6%). The music first led the checklist dated April 1, giving Zimmerman his second straight career-opening chart-topper, following “Fall in Love,” which dominated for one week in December.
In the meantime, Zimmerman’s newest single, “Religiously,” pushes 56-50 (1.3 million, up 33%).
Further analysis by Gary Belief
